The Fifth Annual Mount Pleasant Harvest Fair was held Saturday, September 27, 2014 in absolutely perfect conditions. Merchants and restaurateurs had many inventive and delicious snacks for sale. Crepes with raspberry jam hit the spot about noon. The lineup was out the door at Penrose Fish and Chips. It was too much for many people seeking one final taste of the shop’s food before it closes next month. The Ken Jen Petting Zoo was set up in the now unused parking lot of Newbigging’s. The zoo was a big success with children. On this occasion, it featured a zebu, donkey, llama, pot belly pig, goat and sheep. Boys and girls washed their hands with the disinfectant liquid as they left. In this political season the Harvest Fair drew but one identifiable candidate, Olivia Chow. She and workers posed for a group shot. The Neighborhood Clinic at 674 Mount Pleasant was busy with chairs out on the street offering a free massage. They had some happy takers. Photos from top: Bulldog co-publisher Sue Byford with a possible reader, candidate Olivia Chow and her team near Penrose Fish and Chips and little guy ventures a pat on the nose of the Zebu. Everything was okay. Down at Belsize Drive the community was using the broad lawn of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church to good advantage. Video on the left catches some of the mellow sound of the group Borderline. At the right, kids frolic with the music and one little girl launches a mild sneak attack on daddy.
